Definition
Cloud security covers identity, network, workload, and data controls across public-cloud environments — evolving from findings dashboards toward enforcement that removes exploitable access paths.
Key Points
- “Access sprawl” / dormant permissions are a long-standing CIEM theme (~97% unused often cited industry-wide)
- Agentic AI raises urgency: agents inherit human privileges and act at machine speed
- Action-centric vendors contrast with alert-triage CNAPP/CSPM tools